Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-09

Kansas b he hrst STATE b give uunie-
ipal szGraRs - wemeu, and me nsw lAw /
had ita first trial ak she esecsion 90 |
fassday kAss. When tie GoEs<n1F
signed TIE zee wuussipal suffrage bill
be Glsd with Il an explABati0n ststinR
be did % - O test Of the value Of no
m8n suffrage The enc axKnment he
said thas appesled 10 his iudRment vas
thaa the law was 81 experiment and
eoald Be repealed By nzi1rity vote
Of both Ho1ses Of the Legislators Il Il
did BOT uerk vail Al Stockton. N or
der 10 give the neg law fair trial. al
he men siepped aside and city Ticket
eomposed entirely Of women vas Al
lowed 10 be elscied without opposition.
Tbs wouen In Stockton are 20 assume
entire charge Of all municipal work. IN
elcdinQ the e0nssrnetion Of nsw water
works for which the city reeeuiiy voted
The returns thus far received indicate
that the introdnction Of woman suf
fra9e does not work a1y consequential
voted as their husbands did. This re-
salt 10 What the Orsgsaiaa has always
predicted woaid ensne In event Of 70
man suffrage. It pFohsbiy would not
wsgk any harm except when purely
sentimental legislation was urged Ter
social evils, and then probably the So
perioF. not 70 say s1DeFlativs, eDosi0nal
impFessibili'y of women, would make
her heart st hieh foods swamp her
brain now and thea Bat uRdeF or
| binary circumstances women would be
found doing az they did Tues
day in Kansas, VIE: Teting With their
/ husbands or other men in whom they
hid equal condolences, and for whose In
telIigence and character they selt equal
respect. In broad way the family Is
the unit Of common human interests,
social sympaihies and neral purpose.
There would be exceptions OCCASIONALLY
but they would no more stand for the
/ rule of action Of women ct the ballot
box than an exceptional child with two
heads or six fingers stands for the aver
age human form. The prfBcipls OF the
family unit on which all sound, sweet
civilizations rest would assert itself IN
woman suffrage as It does in everything
else 10 life. WOmsn would vote with
their most intimate and trusted male
friends, because that 10 q woman's na-
tuRe even more than Q mans, and be-
eause women are afectiohate, more i'm
pEessible, more trustful and less selfish
than men. A man might vote FIRE
Quently, not where his heart and friend
ship we're, bat where bis eoFdid instincts
we're; but the average woman would bs
sure 20 vote where her heart was rathel
than where Der material treasure stood
and In broad sense the heart Of WON
an, married or single, 10 with ssme mar
brother. father, husband, lover Of
male friend Of some sort. Until thu
/ very constitution of w0man's human
nature 10 violently changed, il woulC
, seldom alter practical politicaloF SOFIA
! results in this world il female sufraeI
) wa universal today.
J The weakness Of women az FuffTaQists
when they were independently in error
would grew out II their ipersdical pro
pensity to consider ell burning soeia
wrongs subjects for sentimental leQis
/ lation, instinct With intolerance AMI
I impraeticability. They would feel tia
Q We do we'll TO be angry with evil, ant
D | would swell the RACKS Of that small
; | minority Of intelligent men who
2 despIsing the patieuce and skill will
. which q seRsible man seeks to unite tn
Gordian knot, slash 81 ii impatientl
. with the wooden blade Of fapaticisn
! | welded with the insane courage of
crank. In the ordinary affairs Of life
E therefore. woman at the ballot DO,
5 | would vote with her man or men, AM
} the unit of family influence for good o
: evil would lot be changed; and, undo
!, extraordinary emotional sxeeitemen
: when woman occasionally voted aeains
4 Der man or men, she would probabl
vote with those who, always seeking
!. dnd the Holy Grail, never secure il, be
/ cause they invariably seek some neto
!. riously impossible road TO reach thei
{ moral goal.
. The conviction that the situation
4 weuld not be materially changed, tina
4 neither the world in general, nor womel
: in particular, would be in any way BET
ter OF for the ballot, Is the real reasol
q why 30 many thousands Of women O
G education, intelligence, good sense an
: good feeling feel ne desire to vote, an
: distrust the practical value Of womal
a Suffrage to society. A good man
J, women, Who do not lack moral courage
intelligence, independence, who are no
afraid of being laughed at, are no
friendly TO woman suffrage, not becaus
they are indifferent to the welfare Q
D their sex of society, but because the
think woman suffrage would be super
daous, since in q large sense their inter
ssts are as efficiently protected to-da
7 BY men Is they possibly coull
, be II ell women voted. and be
cause they zee, what some able ad
!, vooates Of woman suffrage confess, tina
: when woman suffrage ceases to b
: supeFhuous, il makes for errsr rathe
than good government By its pefiodics
: passion for the application Of legal nos
! trums and sentimental legislation &
: social diseases that can be successfall
!. treated only with moral tonics an
? purely police regulation. While, there
tore, 10 is common for the warm advo
Gates Of woman suffrage to attribute tn
{ sRall interest taken in 10 TO the so calle'
ignorance. oewardiee or moral littlenes
Of the majority Of the sex. the real ex
PLANTATION Of the unpopalarity Of womal
suffrage with q very large number Of sx
ceedinRly competent and thsughtful 70
men is because they do not see any com
mensufate political or social beneft Il
/, The Gift of the ballot 10 women; anS
they do see that where IL slters th
present weight Of the family unit il !
more likely to change IL for error thai
for truth and the increased safety AM